🌏 As 2025 winds down, China's economic strategy is drawing international applause. Singaporean scholar Lawrence Loh, director of NUS Business School's Center for Governance and Sustainability, tells NewspaperAmigo.com that the world's second-largest economy remains a crucial growth engine despite turbulent global conditions.
📈 Fresh from analyzing China's Central Economic Work Conference (Dec 10-11), Loh highlights Beijing's focus on "high-quality development" for 2026. "China's economic performance this year has been very commendable," he notes, pointing to strategic reforms in green tech and advanced manufacturing that helped counter global trade headwinds.
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🤝 Loh emphasizes that China's push for sustainable growth models could help developing nations leapfrog traditional industrialization paths. With cross-border AI partnerships and climate tech investments accelerating, 2026 might just be the year when East-West economic synergy goes viral. 🚀
